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Definition of Careworn
1. Adjective. Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering. "Shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"
Definition of Careworn
1. a. Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face.
Definition of Careworn
1. Adjective. Showing the signs of long-term stresses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Careworn
1. haggard [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Careworn
Literary usage of Careworn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Charles Dickens (1868)
"... and careworn, listening in the solitary house to every soui: that stirred,
with the taper shining through the chinks until the day should turn:: pale ..."
2. Early Indiana Trials and Sketches: Reminiscences by Oliver Hampton Smith (1858)
"The last time I saw him, his head was white, his countenance careworn, and his
step faltering. He will soon follow his illustrious colleague. ..."
3. James T. Fields: Biographical Notes and Personal Sketches, with Unpublished by Annie Fields (1881)
"Going to the play," means " a good time," and rest to the careworn. Any human
being who has learned the science of entertaining, has indeed possessed ..."
4. The Life and Reminiscences of E. L. Blanchard by Edward L. Blanchard, Drinkwater Meadows (1891)
"Getting careworn and heartsore for want of heart-sympathy. Monday, 23rd.—Olympic ;
Coyne's new faree of What will they say at Brompton ?3 Then to ..."
5. An Order of Worship for the Reformed Church by Reformed Church in the United States (1884)
"2 That sleep may wearied limbs restore, And fit for toil and use once more ; May
gently soothe the careworn breast, And lull our anxious griefs to rest; ..."
6. Reginald Hastings: Or, A Tale of the Troubles in 164- by Eliot Warburton (1850)
"... and pursued them as far | as death, and careworn, as if years had passed as
the moor, where they encountered a consider- ! over him since last we met. ..."
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